Sustainability at Harvard

Harvard Law School - Green Living Program

What is the HLS Green Living Program?

The Harvard Law School (HLS) Green Living Program is in its fifth year as a peer-to-peer education program that promotes sustainable living in the Harvard Law School dorms. Five Green Living Representatives connect with fellow residents about energy and water conservation, recycling, and waste reduction through activities and information sharing. They also suggest infrastructure and policy improvements that will remove barriers to student conservation.

The program is supported by the HLS Facilities Management and is coordinated through the Office for Sustainability. Visit the Green Living Program section of the HLS Sustainability web site for information about the 2009-2010 Green Living Program and student Reps.

Recent Stories

Introducing the NEW Law School Sustainability Web Site!

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Members of the HLS Community, you now have a new resource for sustainability and environment related initiatives at HLS!  Consider "Energy and Sustainability at Harvard Law School" your one stop shop for HLS-specific resource conservation tips, recycling guidelines, sustainability program details, an

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Greener Offices at Harvard Law School

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Two groups at Harvard Law School have set the pace for the Green Office Program, an online University resource which provides offices with tools and information to help them reduce their environmental impacts.

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Earthday slideshow at Harvard Law

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Harvard Law School celebrates Earth Day 2009 with dignity, style, and a farmer's market.

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Green Living Program now hiring 2009-2010

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Join a team of four Harvard Law School (HLS) students working to engage dorm residents and the entire student community in Harvard’s Greenhouse Gas Commitment and Sustainability Principles. Green Living Program Reps work through peer-to-peer education to encourage energy conservation, water conservation, recycling, and waste reduction. Positions are available in all HLS dorms.

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Langdell Library Switches to 30% recycled content paper

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Harvard Law School’s Langdell Library now supplies all its printers and copiers with paper made from 30% recycled content. Prior to the switch, the Library had only stocked recycled paper in its printers; copiers were prone to jamming when processing recycled pages.

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Film Screening at Law School - FLOW: For Love of Water

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On March 18, 2009, Harvard Law School's (HLS) Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, the Harvard Environmental Law Society, and the Office for Sustainability (OFS) partnered for the first time to co-sponsor a screening of the award-winning 2008 documentary FLOW: For Love of Wat

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